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(Application filed Apr. 2, 1900.

(No Model.)

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Ni'rnn TATES WILLIAM BENDER, JR, OF BELLEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,219, dated July 24,1900.

Application filed April 2, 1900. Serial No. 11,084. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, WILLIAM BENDER, J r., a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Belleville, in the county of St. Clair and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in PaperBoxes; andI do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in paper boxes or structures tobe used more especially for advertising purposes.

My invention consists in a blank for the purpose of forminga miniaturepaper car, and the blank has stamped from it the wheels and trucks ofthe car and which form supports upon which the car or box rests.

It still further consists in the construction and arrangement of parts,which will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, which represent my invention, Figure 1 isa perspective of the blank folded so as to form a miniature car which isto be used more especially for advertising purposes. Fig. 2 is a planview of the blank from which the car or box is to be formed.

A represents the blank, which is folded upon the lines B O D E and whichhas the two pieces F extending from opposite corners of the blank andwhich end pieces F are turned up, so as to inclose the box-likestructure or car that is to be formed. The two outer folds G H of theblank lap over each other and form the bottom of the car, the fold G,upon which the end pieces F are formed, being brought underneath the oneH. This makes the bottom of a double thickness the entire length of thebox or car, so as to give it the proper rigidity and to close theopenings formed by cutting out the supporting-pieces P. If the bottom ofthe car was not given a double thickness, the openings formed by cuttingout the pieces P would leave holes, through which the material placed inthe box or car would be liable to fall. The two folds I form oppositesides of the car, and the fold J forms its top, which is slightlycreased along each side of its center, as shown by dotted lines K L, toform the running-board upon the top of the car. From the ends of thefolds I extend the four locking-pieces O, which are fastened together inthe usual manner outside of the end pieces F after the car or box hasbeen formed.

In order to form supports for the car, there are stamped from the twobottom pieces G H the four parts P, which are given the shape of thewheels and truck and which pieces P have their top edges in a line withthe fold lines or creases B E, but which lines or creases only extend tothe pieces P without affecting them. The result is that these pieces Pare not folded or bent when the box or car is be= ing formed, butproject straight down, and thus form supports upon which the box, or carrests.

The blank is printed before it is folded, and hence the cover or centralpiece J is colored to represent the top of a car, while the side piecesI are printed to represent the sides of a car, having suitableadvertising matter thereon. The end pieces 0 are also printed so as torepresent the ends of a car, and the projections P are printed indifferent color,

so as to represent the wheels and the ends of the railroad-truck.

After the box or car is formed it can be used for holding articles ofany kind the same as an ordinary box, with the additional'advantage thatit is made to represent a complete car, and thus will attract attentionto the advertising matter placed upon it.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A blank from which a box orbody is to be formed, and which is provided with the two bottom folds G,H, the side folds I, and the central portion J, which forms the top, andwhich is provided with the end pieces F, the four lockin g-pieces O,andthe projecting parts P which form the supports for the body or car afterit is formed, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature I in presence of twowitnesses.

WM. BENDER, J R.

Witnesses:

Enw. ABEND, J r., JACOB J. WEBER.

